Brass and packing guard for car-axle boxes



Nov, 27 1923. 1,475,196

H. D. PADGET BRASS AND PACKING GUARD FoR cAR AXLE BOXESY Filed April 4,19.21 //(V\\\\\\\\K p Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

` inane UNITED Vswf-rias PAIsNr ori-loaf HENRY D. PADGET, or sr.LoUIs,1vIIssoURI.

lJBuAss AND PACKING GUARD non cAn-Axnn Boxns.

f Application filed April 4,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY D. PADGET, a citizenof the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain newk and-useful Improvements in'Brassand Packing Guards for Car-Axle Boxes, of which the following is aspecification containing a full, clear, and

exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a Apart hereof.

My'invention consists in the novel con-v struction and combination ofiparts hereinafter particularly described land distinctly c`laimed.` f

The object of mypinvention is to provide a brass' protector andpacking-guard, or at-` K tachrnent for c'ar axle-boxes, which shall sopreserve the packing-material, and which shall be so economicalin theuse ofoil or other lubricant that it will only be necesi sary to packthe box onceeach year, instead of everyday 'or oftener, as is necessarywith to me. f, v

A further object of myk invention is to improve upon the device shownand described inA my United States Patent No. 1,368,880 dated February15, 1921( I-leretofore, the axle-boxes have operated most satisfactorilyinv'hot weather, andhave vbeen least elicient' in cold weather, becausethe lubricant is kept warm and thin lin hot weather, and soA reaches thesurfacesof the asses, while in cold Vweather journals and br thelubricant c instances to prevent the journal fromoverheating, cuttingand breaking; causing wrecks Vand damage, to say nothing lof' lossof'life and limb. Y f

A `further, object of my inventionk is to provide a brass protector andpacking guard ywhich shall' prevent accidental lateral displacement ofthe journal and positively lock thepa'ckingin the 'axle-box,Y andthereby prevent itffrom being stolen.

Heretofore, car axle-boxes have been f robbed `by tramps and' boys, andthe stolen packing has been used to bu-ildfires by such persons in coldweather; the packing being cold and gummy crowds its way out of thefront of the box and ground 'and is lost; while at other times v thepacking heaps up against the lid'of the box., leaving the journal andbrass bare and prevent y a 'main body of a car axle-box,

the axle-box constructions heretofore known ongeals andfarils in Vmanydrops upon 'l the 1921. serial No. 458,451.

devoid of any ing and allowing cutting to take place.

After the journal has been worn Vor cut, vas Just described, repackingafter cooling, `has prevented the cut Journal from burning completelyoff, if discovered kin time;

but in many instances the hot box and cut Journal have not beendiscovered in time to w-recl'r of the train, killing and vmanningpassengers, it. the trainbe a passenger-train'; or, ifthe train be aVfreight train carrying oil tank-carsrlled with gasolineor otherinflammable material, such cars have been blown up by a hot box, causingloss Vof life, and destroying millions of dollars worth of suits.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a sectional side-elevation ofthe having 'myinproperty, entailing costly damagevention in place therein.

Fig. 2 is a front-end elevation of the box, as it appears' beforeplacing my invention therein.

Fig. 3 is a sectional side-elevation of my invention, detached, thesection being taken lon line 3-3 of Fig'. 5.

Fig. 4 is a view 'similar to Fig. 3, butV inodiiied by fingers.

`F 5 is atop plan-viewer` my invention on a'smaller scale, detached, andhaving its innerend slightlytilted upwardly, to the position mostconvenient for inserting the device inlthe axle-box, and

Fig. 6 is a'detail section Vof a modified base-member. Y I Y The numeral1 designates the axle-box, having the customary bearing-brass 2 and'wedgey 3, and carried by thev journal 4 of the car-axle. w Said `brass2 has theV usual lugs 6 on its opposite edges, onrwhich'the edges ofthev said wedge rest. Y y

The base or body ot my improved brassprotector and packing-guardconsists oi a lat plate oi'metal 7, which is iixed in a hori-v theomission of the abutment 1, resting upon and pressing down the bodv `ofoiled waste or packing 8a thereat,"to hold Asaid packing inplace at all,times while the par is 1n servicey Formed in the upper surface of thesaid body 7 are a series ot oil-grooves 8, and formed integral with theends are opposite vertical end-flanges 9, which are provided with boltapertures through which are passed the attaching-bolts 10 or votherfastening-devices, used in fixing said body inside of the said box 1.

The said bolts or fastening-devices 10 are suiiiciently long to bepassed through apertures 10a formed in the vertical side-walls of theaxle-box 1, thence through registering apertures in the outer endsot'inclined lug-rest supporting-arms 11, and then through registeringapertures of the said vertical end-flanges 9 of the said body 1,

and the heads of said bolts are rounded and are located upon theexterior of said box, to prevent turning of the bolts vfrom the exteriorof the box, the nuts of said bolts being located upon the interior ofsaid box. See Fig. 1. Of course, before the device shown in Fig. 5 isplaced inthe axle-box 1 the said bolts 10 should be removed, and thedevice has been placed in said box) said bolts should be first passedthrough the bolt-holes of the box, and thence into and through theregistering bolt-holes in the adjacent overlapping end-flanges 9 andsupporting-arms 11, as shown in Fig. 1.

Lug-rests 12 having a horizont-al support-` ing-flange 14 and an angularvertical vinner wall 15, are Jformed integral with the inner ends of thesaid lug-rest Vsupporting-arms 11, for the purpose of supporting, andholding in place, the'said brass 2 when the car is jerked and stoppedsuddenly in switching and coupling operations, and also in Aderailments.A i

In some cases, where there is suicient space in the said box 1 onopposite sides 03Ew 'said journal 4 and the box; said fingersY beingmade of a solid body of hard metal that Yis practically incompressible;v 'f When a car carrying an axle-box having operations,

which might otherwise occur, and result in breaking the brass 2 andrendering the same worthless.

Furthermore, the brass 2 and the wedge 3 will be securely held againstdisplacement of said vbody invention within it is jerked back and Yforth violently, in switching and couplingor in derailment-s, theabutment fingers 16 will eifectually hold the journal 4 againstaccidental lateral displacement,

in shocks and accidents, bythe said luglrests 12, in the recesses orpockets of which theL opposite brass-lugs 6 are located. f

Said lug-rests 12 may really Vbe termed Y lug-brasspockets, as the saidbrass-lugs are enclosed by the Walls or' said pocketson all ksidesexcept the top and Vinner side.

In boxes which have insuiiicient room at the side of thejournal for theinsertion of said fingers 16, the modified form of my invention shown inFig. 4 should be used, as thati'orm has the fingers omitted.

In Figs. 5`and6 I have illustratedy a means for lengthening andshortening the said flat body member 7 of my invention, so that theldevice may be quickly adjusted to lit wide or narrow boxes. f

In such a case, the said body 7 is made in two sections which slide uponeach other longitudinally, and are` fastened together after the width ofthe box is determined,` by

tightening a screw verholt/17, which operates in a longitudinal slot 18formed in the lower section, in the present instance.

Said oil-grooves 8 in the upper face or' theV`V horizontal body member7, prevent some of the oil from running out of the box through thedoor-opening thereof, in .cases where (as here shown) the top-of saidbody member is about in the same horizontal 'plane-as that of the bottomof said dooropening; 1

By the use of my invention, they collar, rim, or flange at the outer endof the said journal 4,'can be done away with, as entirelyY` unnecessaryThe past'and present use o'r said collar, rim, or flange, is principallyfor the purpose of keeping the brass 2 yinits proper placey in thexbox,and thereorefas my invention eiciently performs such service, in themanner previously described, the

said outer collar or rim will be unnecessary.

- `My invention, as above describedyirmly -holdsthe brass 2 in Vitsproper position, and

permits the use or a rimless or collarle'ss journal, which has longbeenneeded, because the rim or-collar at the outer enduof the journalsheretofore, and now, in use, 0bstructs the view of theinspector, and isgreat-ly in the way in placing and-removing thebra'ss.l

By omitting said rim or'collar, the inspector will have a f free andclear View of the journal, and he -can therefore more readily rdetectand remedy any 'defect irl-the journal or brass, and besides, (with noend rim on the journal) the placing and removal of the brass would begreatly facilitated. i v The operation of my invention will be readilyunderstood from the above description. K

I claim f 1. An improved journal-brass and pack- `ing-guard for car-axleboxes, comprising a at body-memberhaving at its opposite ends parallelvertical perforated. anges; brasslug supporting pockets; inwardlyextending opposite arms having their outer ends attached to the saidperforated flanges of said body-member, and supporting said pockets attheir inner ends; and fastenings for securing said perforated anges inplace upon the interior of a car-axle box.

2. The combina-tion with the elements mentioned in the above claim l, ofparallel horizontal solid abutments the outer ends of which are securedto the said flat body-member, and the said abutments extending inwardlyin a horizontal position into the spaces at opposite sides of thejournal, and

adapted to hold the latter and the vertical.

side walls .of the box in relativel operative positions during shocksand erailments,

3. The combination with the elements mentioned in the above claim l, ofsaid flat body-member constructed in two slidable sections, so that saidmember may be length-v ened o-r shortened to it in boxes of differentwidths; and means for fastening said sections in position after theyhave been adjusted to the desired length.

Intestiniony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY D. PADGET.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. HIGDON, HENRY L. HIGDON.

